Extech Light Meter NIST Certificate of Calibration

Purchase this certificate with your Extech Lux meter as proof that a product has been calibrated to meet the standards provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a U.S. Government agency within the Commerce Department.

Extech Light Meter NIST Certificate of Calibration

Purchase this certificate of calibration with your Extech lux meter as proof that a product has been calibrated to meet the standards provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) develops standards to establish conformity and enhance the quality of products. It is The is a non-regulatory federal agency under the Department of Commerce. It is the National Measurement Institute for the United States. The NIST's mission is to support and develop measurement standards and technology in order to improve efficiency, facilitate trade, and enhance the quality of life.

NIST's mission is to provide certified standard reference materials (SRM). SRM's are used to confirm how accurate specific measurements are, to complete instrument calibrations, and to encourage the development of new methods of measurement. They are also used to maintain measurement traceability in the U.S. With every SRM, NIST offers a Certificate of Analysis and a Material Safety Data Sheet (if applicable).

NIST only certifies products that have been tested against an SRM and meet the specific requirements for that product. Some typical NIST certified products are timers, sound level meters, calibration weights, tachometers, thermometers, electrical multi-meters, anemometers, clocks, pressure gauges, micrometers, pH meters, and light meters. Almost any product that measures something has an NIST SRM equivalent for manufacturers to compare to. This allows manufacturers to determine whether or not a product is working within the acceptable limits. A product is sold with an NIST certificate once it is tested against the SRM. All certificates have an expiration date to indicate when the product needs to be retested.

A certification from NIST can be an NIST Certificate of Calibration, which means that the product has been tested and approved to be on a certain level of accuracy. The NIST certification of calibration is proof that a product has been calibrated to meet the standards provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a U.S. Government agency within the Commerce Department.